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		<title>$500 Million and apology from Goldman, but still not enough</title>
		<link>http://savetheamericandream.org/2009/11/18/500-million-and-apology-from-goldman-but-still-not-enough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Goldman Sachs announced it would donate $500 million to help small businesses recover from the recession and finally apologized to the American people:
&#8220;We have participated in things that were clearly wrong and have reason to regret…we apologize,&#8221; said Goldman’s CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, at the National Association of Corporate Directors event in New York.
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		<title>Hundreds say &#8220;Enough is Enough!&#8221; to Treasury and Goldman</title>
		<link>http://savetheamericandream.org/2009/11/16/hundreds-say-enough-is-enough-to-treasury-and-goldman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of Americans brought the spirit and message of the Showdown in Chicago to Washington D.C. today, with actions at the U.S. Treasury and Goldman Sachs’ Capitol Hill headquarters.
Check out photos and video from the events.
At the U.S. Treasury, Mitzi Rivers-Singleton from Sunflower Community Action in Kansas tried to get Secretary Tim Geithner’s attention with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=savetheamericandream.org&blog=1743337&post=404&subd=savetheamericandream&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taxpayers to converge on Goldman Sachs, Monday</title>
		<link>http://savetheamericandream.org/2009/11/13/taxpayers-to-converge-on-goldman-sachs-monday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following a powerful series of actions targeting big banks at the Showdown in  Chicago, a couple hundred taxpayers will be paying a visit to Goldman  Sachs&#8217; DC headquarters on Monday, November 16.
The message is simple: Banks, like Goldman, that have been deemed “too big to fail” are too big to exist.
The American people cannot be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=savetheamericandream.org&blog=1743337&post=399&subd=savetheamericandream&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Showdown in Chicago: Creating a &#8220;Which Side Are You On&#8221; Moment</title>
		<link>http://savetheamericandream.org/2009/10/22/npa-on-huffington-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It would be hard to dream up a story as incredible as this &#8211; the same financial institutions that drove a record foreclosure crisis, sent our economy into a deep recession, and needed billions upon billions in taxpayer bailouts, are spending money like never before to defeat financial reform that would prevent a future meltdown.
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		<title>Iowa CCI pushes Wells Fargo to stop financing payday loans, wins meeting</title>
		<link>http://savetheamericandream.org/2009/10/14/iowa-cci-pushes-wells-fargo-to-stop-financing-payday-loans-wins-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oct 13, 2009 &#8211; Over sixty members of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) protested at Wells Fargo&#8217;s downtown Des Moines office today where they outlined the company&#8217;s extensive and long-standing ties to the payday lending industry. Following the protest, Wells Fargo officials called the Iowa CCI office and agreed to a meeting between Wells [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=savetheamericandream.org&blog=1743337&post=390&subd=savetheamericandream&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Publicly Rejecting to Treat Consumers Reasonably?</title>
		<link>http://savetheamericandream.org/2009/10/07/publicly-rejecting-to-treat-consumers-reasonably/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea810</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The arrogance of American Bankers Association has reached new heights.  It has publicly stated its opinion that it shouldn’t have to treat the public reasonably.
For years, banks have relied on deceptive loan terms with hidden ‘gotcha’ clauses and carefully disguised language intended to bilk people out of their money.  These industry standard practices are what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=savetheamericandream.org&blog=1743337&post=384&subd=savetheamericandream&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Showdown in Chicago: People over Profits</title>
		<link>http://savetheamericandream.org/2009/10/01/the-showdown-in-chicago-people-over-profits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Even after bringing us to the brink of a depression (and in fact, many of our communities are experiencing just that), the Wall Street banks that brought us this mess still continue to wield enormous power in Congress.  And they are using that influence to fight the reforms that could: a) keep families in their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=savetheamericandream.org&blog=1743337&post=368&subd=savetheamericandream&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rebuild Communities with Updated CRA</title>
		<link>http://savetheamericandream.org/2009/09/17/rebuild-communities-with-updated-cra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 16, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on ways to enhance the Community Reinvestment Act to cover credit unions, independent mortgage companies, mortgage company affiliates of banks, insurance companies and securities firms as part of a group of “nonbank institutions”. National People&#8217;s Action submitted testimony to the Committee.
Unfortunately, the Committee did not get [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=savetheamericandream.org&blog=1743337&post=370&subd=savetheamericandream&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>500 Illinoisans Win Action From The Fed</title>
		<link>http://savetheamericandream.org/2009/08/18/500-illinoisans-win-action-from-the-fed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
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Five hundred community leaders, family farmers and concerned citizens gathered in Decatur, Illinois on August 15th to demand action and accountability from the most powerful bank regulator in the country, the Federal Reserve.
The meeting was organized by the Central Illinois Organizing Project (CIOP) and represented the fifth of nine community meetings with the Federal Reserve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=savetheamericandream.org&blog=1743337&post=362&subd=savetheamericandream&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Report Illustrates Need for Transparency and Disclosure on Lending</title>
		<link>http://savetheamericandream.org/2009/08/14/report-illustrates-need-for-transparency-and-disclosure-on-lending/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report which further illustrates the need for more detailed disclosure from banks on the quality of the loans originated.
The report, Data Limitations and the Fragmented U.S. Financial Regulatory Structure Challenge Federal Oversight and Enforcement Efforts, states clearly that “without additional data, agencies&#8217; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=savetheamericandream.org&blog=1743337&post=346&subd=savetheamericandream&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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